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Environment & Nature
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) 
 This site presents information about the office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that "coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs." The site describes AIEO regions, grants, contacts, governing laws and regulations, and policies and initiatives. Also provides AIEO documents, a calendar of training programs, and links to related information. http://www.epa.gov/indian/ Topics: Environment, Native Americans Last updated Jan 15, 2006 Confluence Project
This ongoing project integrates artwork with restored native landscapes at seven sites along the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington state. Artist and architect Maya Lin designs the installations to "reflect a consciousness of the tremendous changes set in motion by the Corps of Discovery in the Northwest -- on its native people and environment." Includes project news, images of planned sites, and details about educational initiatives with schools in Washington state and Oregon. http://www.confluenceproject.org/ Topics: Native Americans Last updated Apr 28, 2006 Native American Ethnobotany
This is a "database of plants used as drugs, foods, dyes, fibers and more, by native People of North America." Most of the species in the database include links to entries in the USDA Plants Database in addition to brief entries listing plant uses, tribe names, and sources for the information. From the University of Michigan, Dearborn. http://herb.umd.umich.edu/ Topics: Medical Treatments & Devices, Native Americans Last updated Jul 20, 2005 Yucca Mountain's Other Story
A brief essay concerning opposition from the Western Shoshone and other nearby tribes to the depositing of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. http://www.thegully.com/essays/US/politics/020327_yucca_mountain.html Topics: Government, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Pollutants & Toxic Substances Last updated Aug 30, 2002 |
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